Wuerthner v. Workingmen's Benevolent Society
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Washtenaw; Kinne, J. Assumpsit by Carl F. Wuerthner against the Workingmen’s Benevolent Society to recover sick benefits. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtHooker, J.
The plaintiff was a member of a local benevolent society, and made a claim for sick benefits amounting to $78, claiming to have been entitled to them for a period of 26 weeks, during which time, his declaration alleges, he was sick and unable to work, on account of nervous trouble. The case was submitted to a jury, and a verdict in favor of the defendant was rendered. The plaintiff has appealed.
The evidence showed that the society placed his claim in the hands of a committee, according to its custom, and a report to disallow the claim was adopted. Subsequently the plaintiff was expelled from…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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